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Wrestlers rally late, drop Terps

By Kevin Hilgers | December 5

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - With the AU wrestling team trailing at Maryland, 12-3, midway through Sunday's meet, AU coach Mark Cody delivered an order to senior Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov. "We're going to need you to get the fall," he told the sixth-ranked 165-pounder.

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Sports briefs

By Ian Quillen | December 5

AU swimmers get share of top finishes at Rutgers meet The AU men's and women's swim teams combined for eight top-five finishes in the first two days of the Rutgers Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Seniors Val Fomenko and Kevin Falkenstein led AU taking individual wins, Fomenko in a tie in the men's 100-yard fly and Falkenstein in the men's 100 backstroke Saturday.

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MLB in need of salary cap

By Jesse Epstein | December 5

Ahhh, my favorite four days of the year: Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings. The time when every general manager gets the spotlight to walk around a posh hotel, flaunting his overpaid superstars who he so desperately wants to unload. The time when arrogant agents saunter through the lobby, driving up the asking price for aging veterans.

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Women's hoops splits home weekend

December 5

The AU women's basketball team dismantled Wagner, 71-58, Saturday behind 38 combined points from revitalized senior guard Tala Hadavi and junior guard Tara Williams. Hadavi rebounded from a four-game shooting slump, sinking her first five shots from the field.

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TV game doesn't help AU's image

By Ian Quillen | December 1

Did anyone watch the bizarre two hours that was the AU men's basketball team's televised contest at Loyola in Baltimore Tuesday night? I doubt it, since this campus somehow gets three HBOs, but no Comcast SportsNet. But anyone who cares about the basketball program, the athletic department and the university should have watched - with disgust.

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Carlstrom saves best for last NCAAs

By Jordan Beane | December 1

In all sports, there's the myth of going out on top. Nov. 21 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terra Haute, Ind., AU senior Keira Carlstrom did that in her own way, "It was kind of an emotional race being my last cross country race of my college career.

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Women split at Fla. tournament

By Jesse Epstein | December 1

The AU women's basketball team had little famine and then a little feast over Thanksgiving break, finishing third in the Florida International Tournament in Miami. The Eagles (2-3) suffered a 64-53 loss to Big East power Seton Hall Saturday before disposing of Western Michigan, 74-72, in overtime on Sunday to notch their first win of the season.

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Men's b-ball still in search of win

December 1

BALTIMORE - For the fourth straight game, a win eluded the AU men's basketball team Tuesday, as the Eagles failed to overcome a 20-point halftime deficit at Loyola (Md.) to fall, 68-60. Junior guard Linas Lekavicius led AU (0-4) with a season high 14 points, and freshman Derrick Mercer added 12.

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Long before "The Punch," being Kermit wasn't easy

December 1

A week from tomorrow is the 28th anniversary of AU's most famous sports moment. No, it's not the 20th anniversary of our men's soccer team's loss in the NCAA championship game to UCLA in eight overtimes. And no, not the anniversary of one of the volleyball team's myriad of championships.

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Jennings, West keys to success

November 21

As AU embarks on another winter season it's time to close the book on field hockey and men's soccer. Both programs accomplished feats that would be difficult at most smaller schools in weaker conferences. And the brains behind the success belong to coaches Steve Jennings and Todd West - two coaches dedicated to a competitive tradition with or without the competitive budget.

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Women's b-ball stumbles early

By Jesse Epstein | November 21

The AU women's basketball team dropped its first two games of the season this weekend, falling soundly at Towson Friday and at home to Delaware Sunday. The Eagles opened their season Friday, suffering a 67-54 loss to the Tigers. Hadavi led the Eagles with a career-high 22 points, and Lipskis scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

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Sports brief: Men's basketball scares Huskies, but drops opener, 99-82

By Kevin Hilgers | November 21

After scaring defending Pac-10 champion Washington with a tied score at halftime, AU fell to the Huskies, 99-82, Saturday in Seattle. The Eagles (0-1) led by as many as four points in the first half and went up, 44-41, on an Andre Ingram 3-pointer to start the second.

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Sports brief: Swimmers take solo and relay honors at Patriot Invitational

By Carolyn Fox | November 21

AU swimmers dived into the pool against some fierce competition this weekend at the Patriot Invitational. As of Sunday morning, the AU women's team was ninth overall and the AU men's team was eighth. The three-day meet, hosted by George Mason University, featured eleven teams - the hosts, AU, Duke, Yale, Md.

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Five-game thriller leads to fifth PL championship

By Dan Jacobson | November 21

There are two lessons a person would take away from the Patriot League Volleyball Tournament: Never underestimate the heart of a champion and never count out AU in a match no matter how big the deficit. In two straight matches, AU came back from within a game of elimination to earn its fifth straight Patriot League title and trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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AU men's hoops will welcome freshmen

By Kevin Hilgers | November 21

A bad cold kept AU men's basketball coach Jeff Jones from the sideline for the AU men's basketball team's Nov. 9 exhibition game against Catholic, so he had to watch the game tape at home in bed. But at one point, he saw something that may have told him the cold medicine was messing with his mind.

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'Halo?' or headstands for hoops?

By Jordan Beane | November 17

It's almost that time. The squeak of shoes on the hardwood, the sounds of a blaring pep band, the catcalls of "AIIIIRRRBBAAALLLLL" after a missed shot, and the yells of drunken college students screaming at opposing players, all point to one thing: College basketball is back.

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Hadavi, women's hoops tired of street clothes

By Jesse Epstein | November 17

Tala Hadavi keeps the high-end clothing stores in Friendship Heights and Pentagon City in business...and much to her chagrin. Ever since she's arrived on campus almost three years ago, injury and NCAA regulations have forced her to spend more time in skirts and high heels on the bench than she has doing what she does best: draining threes and spearheading the Eagles' attack.

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